Essay 8 - Railway innovation in the 21st century

By SNCF Group CEO Jean-Pierre Farandou, SNCF Réseau Executive Director, Strategy & Corporate Affairs Alain Quinet, and Jean-Hervé Lorenzi, Chairman and Founder of the Cercle des économistes of Aix-en-Provence.

Railways have long been hubs of innovation and today they are essential for achieving sustainable goals such as the European Green Deal. Overcoming the challenge of improving reliability and offering attractive services requires rolling out innovations. The latest CER essay titled 'Railway innovation in the 21st century' results from a collaboration with the SNCF Group and delves into the contemporary railway innovation prerequisites and the role that Europe has to play in creating the conditions for interoperable innovation.The essay was co-authored by SNCF Group CEO Jean-Pierre Farandou, SNCF Réseau Executive Director, Strategy & Corporate Affairs Alain Quinet, and Jean-Hervé Lorenzi, Founder of the Cercle des économistes.

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